On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Jim Myers <myer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've look all over docs and Google to find a way to do this with no > real luck. > > I'm using a legacy PostGreSQL database which already has user and > permissions tables defined, and I don't want to have to create > parallel Django User tables. > > It seems simple that I should just be able to completely replace the > User model, but it's not. > > I've tried many ways of doing this to no avail. > I think I probably have to completely clone Django code in my project > but I'm not sure which pieces I have to have. > > Any help would be appreciated. >
Sounds like you want: http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/3011 which is not implemented yet. I'm not even sure a design is agreed on yet. In the meantime there is the possibility of providing your own authentication backend: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#authentication-backends Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---